Jessica L. Minieri is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Binghamton University in New York. She completed a BA in History and Medieval and Early Modern Studies from the State University of New York at New Paltz and an MA in History from Binghamton University. Her research interests include the histories of women and gender, queenship studies, political culture, and Mediterranean history. Her dissertation project titled, "Stolen Bodies and Hollow Crowns: The Abduction and Imprisonment of Royal Women in the Mediterranean, 1200-1415," looks at the forced marriages and captivity of queens in the lands of the Crown of Aragon as it began its expansion across the Mediterranean Sea into the Southern Italian Peninsula and Balearic Islands in the high and later Middle Ages. Jessica is also a copy editor at MEMOs.